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Re:Show HN: OormiPass – free, cross platform and open source... by steveharman on Saturday January 26, 2019 @10:21AM (#19006624)
Isn't this wheel reinvention?

Bitwarden https://github.com/bitwarden

Runs on anything including mobile platforms and is100% open source.

There's even a free cloud tier available to sync with.

Re:Show HN: OormiPass – free, cross platform and open source... by move-on-by on Saturday January 26, 2019 @01:08PM (#19007483)
Even more importantly, BitWarden has passed a third party security audit and published its results: https://blog.bitwarden.com/bitwarden-completes-third-party-s...

Not trying to bash OormiPass, but other commentators are already finding concerning security issues like a non-secure random.

Re:Show HN: OormiPass – free, cross platform and open source... by slezyr on Saturday January 26, 2019 @11:27AM (#19006933)
requires mssql if you want to self host... Meh, keepassx still better.
Re:Show HN: OormiPass – free, cross platform and open source... by Spivak on Saturday January 26, 2019 @11:32AM (#19006958)
Check out bitwarden_rs for an alternative backend that's easier to host.
Re:Show HN: OormiPass – free, cross platform and open source... by peterloron on Saturday January 26, 2019 @12:51PM (#19007385)
While keepassx is a great tool, Bitwarden is a much more capable product which solves many more use cases than the single device/single user one.

Yes, the dependency on mssql is a bummer, but it is freely available and is a robust db system. And, as other have pointed out, there are alternate backends you can run if you want to forego support from the vendor.

Re:Show HN: OormiPass – free, cross platform and open source... by Semaphor on Saturday January 26, 2019 @02:48PM (#19008047)
While I can believe that multi-user with Keepass would be problematic to say the least, multi-device is not. I've been using it for years with several devices syncing via my own NextCloud instance.
Re:Show HN: OormiPass – free, cross platform and open source... by VWWHFSfQ on Saturday January 26, 2019 @10:50AM (#19006756)
nobody should ever try to make a thing if a thing that does the same thing already exists!
Re:Show HN: OormiPass – free, cross platform and open source... by maccio92 on Saturday January 26, 2019 @10:55AM (#19006783)
They should try, but maybe if they make the most common RNG mistakes they aren't suited for reinventing this particular wheel. There are many issues with the RNG and cryptography methods if you read the other comments.